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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Scott A. Rhine, Frisco, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A retrieval system and method which allows a computer system to adjust the data retrieval start times of the data retrieval requests from the different users in order to achieve overall system objectives. Each user is assigned a percentage availability which then determines a factor for all of the applications run by that user. This factor is associated with each request for data retrieval from any application. For any given batch of data requests there is calculated a start time for each data request, with the start time dependent upon the assigned factor. The start times from all users for that batch are then ordered in accordance with the calculated start times. The system will reorder the start times when efficient operation requires such reordering.